“Roe backers shouldn’t focus on Constitution”: Columnist Roger Low has this op-ed today in The Yale Daily News. Therein, he writes, “Ever since Justice Harry Blackmun wrote his landmark decision in Roe, the national women’s equality movement has seized on the case as one of the century’s most important benchmarks for social progress. There’s just one small problem: Blackmun’s Roe v. Wade opinion is a constitutional disaster.”

“Under Kagan, A Harmonious HLS; Past successes could launch future presidency for popular Law School dean.” The Harvard Crimson contains this article today.

“Rell To Offer Eminent Domain Reform; Governor’s proposed bill puts restrictions on property seizures”: This article appears today in The Day of New London, Connecticut.

“Search of students was legal; Bishop Stang officials not covered by Fourth Amendment, court finds”: The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Massachusetts today contains an article that begins, “The Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ruled against three former Bishop Stang High School students who argued that the state’s constitutional protection against unreasonable searches applies to private schools.”

You can access at this link yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

“House panel probing Bush’s record on signing statements”: Charlie Savage has this article today in The Boston Globe.

“A Governor Stands Up: And Maryland’s death penalty gets a powerful foe.” This editorial appears today in The Washington Post.

“Damage of Exxon Valdez endures; ‘Far-ranging’ toll from ’89 oil spill”: USA Today contains this front page article today.

“More Milberg charges possible; Prosecutors may target Lerach, experts say, after a doctor admits his role in class-action schemes”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The New York Times today contains an article headlined “New Blow to a Law Firm Under Inquiry.”

In The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein reports that “Serial Plaintiff in Milberg Weiss Case to Plead Guilty.”

Reuters reports that “Man pleads guilty in U.S. law firm case.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Former Milberg Plaintiff to Plead Guilty in Probe.”

And law.com reports that “Former Lead Plaintiff’s Guilty Plea May Spell Trouble for Lawyer Lerach.”

“Judges Weigh Arguments in U.S. Eavesdropping Case”: Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Henry Weinstein reports today that “Appeals court hears wiretapping case; The ACLU says the program is illegal and has done harm; The Justice Department argues it’s both legal and moot.”

And The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that “Bush wiretaps scrutinized; Cincinnati court hearing ACLU’s challenge.”